Amazon is investing in a new gas-burning power plant in Pecos County, West Texas, to power a new data center. If approved, it could become one of the largest single sources of greenhouse gases in the US.
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Security researchers have found data attributed to Reliance Industries and India's largest nuclear power plant circulating on dark web marketplaces—the second documented breach at Kudankulam in seven years.
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A new interactive map documents where AI data center growth is translating directly into higher residential power bills—and the geography is more concentrated than the industry would prefer to admit.
Aug 4, 2026 at 23:33 8 9
A one-year moratorium on new data centers—the first in any U.S. state—signals that AI’s power consumption is now a political liability, not just an engineering challenge.
Aug 4, 2026 at 23:33 14 14
Sequoia Capital co-leads a $1 billion equity round in Valar Atomics, a nuclear energy startup. Signal: Tech venture capital is beginning to directly fund the energy layer that AI data centers will consume.
Aug 4, 2026 at 12:01 13 14
The world's largest battery maker takes a stake in a HIT-founded open-source humanoid startup. Not a VC move - an integration play.
Aug 3, 2026 at 13:23 11 12
MSIT and SK Telecom co-chair a 400-organization alliance built around three divisions - demand, supply, foundation - with an 18.4 GW build-out target. The Korean supercycle gets its industry body.
Jul 29, 2026 at 12:47 15 16
The operator of the largest US power grid, PJM, is preparing to briefly cut power to data centers to avoid blackouts. The pace of GPU installations is outstripping the grid - rationing is becoming the adjustment.
Jul 28, 2026 at 20:57 9 8
e27 reports the deal structure for financing a first nuclear reactor to power a data centre is finally taking shape. The AI power wall meets project finance.
Jul 27, 2026 at 10:13 11 8
Pandaily reports China's compute power now ranks second globally, and AI servers have overtaken general-purpose servers for the first time. Five sub-sectors shape the next leg.
Jul 25, 2026 at 10:28 11 9
3.2 gigawatts, one site - the announcement of the OpenAI campus in Georgia reminds us that in 2026, the binding constraint of AI is measured in megawatts, not parameters.
Jul 23, 2026 at 07:42 7 8
A new projection: data center consumption could quadruple by 2035. This is the quantified translation of what NY, Dublin, or grid ops have been saying for six months.
Jul 22, 2026 at 12:41 14 9
